Hood
29-50-281
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-281 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Woman's hood. Said to be for protection from rain. Probably a mourning-hood. -- Basketwork of coarse grass (?) with simple pattern of darker coloured rhombs woven in. The hood is formed of a strip of this matting folded in two, end to end and closed down one side with a loose stitching of cord. |
| Length | 81.5 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 216 - Other Number |
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